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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on January 30, 2011, 06:41:14 pm ---Yeah, he'll do.
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Quite nicely.
Definitely.
Front-Ranger:
From the description I would think he'd make a better young Indiana Jones. Maybe he and Shia could trade.
But I'm not going to cavil about it.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 30, 2011, 07:12:58 pm ---But I'm not going to cavil about it.
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:laugh: :laugh:
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Oh, I love this guy--
He is un crapaud from the island of Jersey (and he speaks French)!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cavill
Cavill at a Vanity Fair party at the
Tribeca Film Festival, April 2009
Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill (born 5 May 1983) is a British actor. Cavill was born on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands, the fourth of five boys. His mother, Marianne, worked in a bank, and his father, Colin Cavill, was a stockbroker. He was educated at St. Michael's Preparatory School in Saint Saviour, Jersey before attending Stowe School, a boarding school in Buckinghamshire, England. He first began acting in school plays at Stowe, saying, "In prep school I really learned to love the stage. When you step out from the wings into the lights, there's this incredible rush of adrenaline and fear and anticipation... it's just something else, it really is." He has said that if he hadn't become an actor, he would have joined the army or studied Egyptology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Islands
Channel Islands
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Culture
Culturally, the Norman language predominated in the islands until the 19th century, when increasing influence from English-speaking settlers and easier transport links led to Anglicisation. There are four main dialects/languages of Norman in the islands, Auregnais (Alderney, extinct in late 20th century), Dgèrnésiais (Guernsey), Jèrriais (Jersey) and Sercquiais (Sark, an offshoot of Jèrriais).
Victor Hugo spent many years in exile, first in Jersey and then in Guernsey, where he finished Les Misérables. Guernsey is also the setting of Hugo's later novel, Les Travailleurs De La Mer (The Toilers of the Sea). A "Guernsey-man" also makes an appearance in chapter 91 of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.
Guernsey's traditional colour for sporting and other purposes is green and Jersey's is red.
The main islanders have traditional animal nicknames [for each other]:
Guernsey: les ânes ("donkeys" in French and Norman): the steepness of St. Peter Port streets required beasts of burden, but Guernsey people also claim it is a symbol of their strength of character – which Jersey people traditionally interpret as stubbornness.
Jersey: les crapauds ("toads" in French and Jèrriais): Jersey has toads and snakes that Guernsey lacks.
Sark: les corbins ("crows" in Sercquiais, Dgèrnésiais and Jèrriais, les corbeaux in French): crows could be seen from sea on the island's coast.
Alderney: les lapins ("rabbits" in French and Auregnais): the island is noted for its warrens.
This statue of a crapaud (toad) in St. Helier represents the traditional nickname for Jersey people
Flag of Jersey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Jersey
Culture of Jersey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais
Jèrriais
Jèrriais is the form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, in the Channel Islands,
delalluvia:
Eh. He's alright.
I hope he cleans up well enough. I don't like my Supermen with 5 o'clock shadows.
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